Community Psychiatric Nurse - Rough Sleeping Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join a newly established Multi-Disciplinary Rough Sleeping Team. The team aims to address the mental and physical health needs of rough sleepers in the Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, and Hounslow areas. The CPN will play a key part in the team's development, working closely with partners like St Mungos and Thamesreach Outreach Services. The position involves working shifts to effectively engage service users, assess their needs, and facilitate reconnection with health and accommodation services.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- At least 2 years professionally qualified
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Further professional qualifications
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Contribute to the implementation of services
- Lived experience of mental health issues
- Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of recovery and their application to risk management, positive risk taking and strengths orientated approaches to care delivery.
- Knowledge of MHA and governance structures
- Experience of working with homeless people.
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- At least 2 years professionally qualified
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Further professional qualifications
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Contribute to the implementation of services
- Lived experience of mental health issues
- Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of recovery and their application to risk management, positive risk taking and strengths orientated approaches to care delivery.
- Knowledge of MHA and governance structures
- Experience of working with homeless people.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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West London NHS Trust
Community Psychiatric Nurse - Rough Sleeping Team
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
The Trust successfully bid to establish aRough Sleeping Team and we are now recruiting staff to a Multi - Disciplinary Team. An opportunity exists for a CPN to join this Team and play a key part in its development and response to the needs of rough sleepers who have mental health difficulties and or serious physical health challenges. The service works across the tri-Borough area of Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow and works closely alongside our principal partners , St Mungos and Thamesreach Outreach Services.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting development providing a much-needed service and in addition to your established professional skills you will be a good communicator with a degree of flexibility and willingness to work with a number of agencies. The Team, in addition, includes a Consultant Psychiatrist, Social Workers and an OT.
The post involves working shifts which enable us to access service users effectively in order to assess mental and physical health needs , engage successfully and pursue reconnection with health and appropriate accommodation services.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare an
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